GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, described as laughable, claims by some commissioners who were sacked by his administration, that they were being victimized due to their perceived support for the governorship ambition of the deputy governor of the state, Dr Pius Odubu.

BONDHOLDERS may hope for improved liquidity with the proposed Lagos State repayment re-scheduling. Reacting to the plans by Lagos State Government to propose a new repayment schedule for the bond Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, said “The reason why the Lagos State Government wants to convert two of its outstanding bonds of N80 billion and N87.5billion, totalling N167.5billion, from bullet payment bonds to amortising bonds is for the state to reduce the interest burden it is bearing on both bonds.

AS investors streamline their investment portfolios to take advantage of expected opportunities in the capital market in 2016, Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited, Bunmi Dayo-Olagunju, has advised investors to diversify their portfolio to ensure optimum returns.

The Supreme Head of the Cherubim and Seraphim C& S Unification Church of Nigeria, Prophet Dr. Solomon Alao yesterday, urged the Federal Government to create special courts devoid of endless adornments, where private or public office holders alleged to have looted the nation would be tried.

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule, has expressed the state government’s displeasure towards private schools that engage in examination malpractice, saying government will not hesitate to sanction such schools.

LAGOS—THE polity was awash with mixed views, yesterday, on the allegations by former Ekiti State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Temitope Aluko, that the PDP used the military to rig the June 21, 2014 Ekiti governorship polls won by Mr. Ayodele Fayose.

UNTIL I came across this verse of scripture,Dr. Amos Akingba had been my reference point on the danger of knowing more than most of your community.The elder statesman is fond of expressing regrets that he knows too much. “Sometimes I wish I don’t know as much as I do.If I were in some village chewing kola nut and drinking palm wine all over the place,I would not be in this agony as I would be swimming in ignorance.”

Shot Putter Stephen Mozia has made some slight improvement on the national record he set earlier in the year.

LAND Rover celebrated 68 years of history recently as the last of the current Defenders was produced at its famous Solihull production facility.To mark the occasion Land Rover invited more than 700 current and former Solihull employees involved in the production of Series Land Rover and Defender vehicles to see and drive some of the most important vehicles from its history, including the first pre-production ‘Huey’ Series I as well as the last vehicle off the production line, a Defender 90 Heritage Soft Top.

IN furtherance of its commitment to consistently improve technical skills amongst auto mechanics, Oando Marketing Plc, leading petroleum Distribution Company in sub-Saharan Africa, recently graduated its second stream of 200 mechanics from its Oleum Academy, in continuation of its training programme aimed at harnessing the potentials of auto-mechanics in Nigeria. The granduants, who cut across diverse backgrounds, were awarded the Oleum Academy certificates accredited by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).